Stories from Sunday, November 1, 1998

To the editor: On Aug. 18, the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors unanimously endorsed the River Campus project being proposed by Southeast Missouri State University. I applaud the board for its decision. There are many good reasons to support this project. I note several below...

The monthly Girl Scout Service Unit meeting for adult volunteers will be held Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Elks Lodge. Leaders, assistant leaders and all other adult volunteers in the Jackson/Oak Ridge school area are invited to attend...

The Regional Eyecare Center, Inc., of Cape Girardeau will sponsor a free vision screening at the Perryville Senior Citizens Center on Monday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Offered will be checks for visual acuity, eye coordination and glaucoma screenings. Eyeglasses will also be adjusted at no charge and printed results of all screenings will be available...

In the fall, the harvest gives us an abundance of food for us to enjoy. If you aren't hungry when you come to Story Time, you may be by the time you leave. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 9:30 a.m., Miss Lynn will make your mouth water with stories about food at Riverside Regional Library in Jackson. She will share "The Giant Jam Sandwich," "Peanut Butter and Jelly," and "Butter on Pancakes."...

The recent Dallas Days event seems to have produced a welcome result for the Bollinger County Historical Society; it has sparked an interest in the history of Bollinger County. A lot of people have been asking questions about what happened in Bollinger County during the Civil War. ...

The $anta' $urplus Toy, Gift and Christmas Outlet Store has opened for its second year in Jackson. It is located at 113 West Main, formerly Albert Sander Hardware, across from the Cape County Courthouse and Jackson City Hall. Elsie Peetz of Jackson is the store's operator. $anta' $urplus stores typically open annually through the Christmas holiday season...

Alonzo Kurre has built his own town and has given away the buildings. Easy to do when you consider that the buildings are in half-inch scale. Kurre, of Friedheim, builds the models based on actual structures in the area. He boxes them out of plywood to scaled dimensions and then creates the siding or brick exteriors to match photos taken of the original...

The Oliver House in Jackson will be open November 1 for tours. Featured this month are souvenirs from travels to the Orient in 1932 and 1937 by the Haas Family. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund L. Haas of St. Louis, their daughter Marian and son Ed had the opportunity to travel by steamship around the world. ...

The Southeast Missouri Private Industry Council (PIC) has won the coveted Special Achievement of Excellence Award in the Customer Focus and Satisfaction category for the year ended June 30, 1998. Announcement of the award was recently made by the Missouri Training and Employment Council. The award was presented to the PIC by the Governor at the Annual Governor's Job Training Conference on Oct. 13, 1998 at the Lake of the Ozarks...

The Jackson Fire Rescue conducted several activities during the month of October to commemorate Fire Prevention Week. "We just couldn't fit it all into one week," said Public Information Officer Steve Baugh. "We've had so many requests for tours and stuff that we made a whole month of it."...

25 years ago: 1973 With mounting opposition to possibility of building jail and sheriff's office on north lawn of County Courthouse, Cape Girardeau County Court -- aside from building's physical features -- will have even more difficult decision to make; court is now contemplating three possible locations: one on lawn, another on site of present jail, and third diagonally across street from courthouse on land owned by city of Jackson...

Meanwhile, on the federal level, congressional Republicans and challengers are acting stressing their commitment to tax cuts even though they couldn't deliver them this year. A tiny, Republican-backed tax cut of $80 billion passed the House but died in the Senate as time ran out this fall. President Clinton would have vetoed it anyway. Democrats are responding with their time-tested demagoguery on Social Security, alleging that Republicans want to throw grandma out in the snow, or something...

Missouri's tax collections, while still rising quarter-to-quarter ahead of inflation, are beginning to slow in tandem with a slowdown in certain economic sectors. And certain individual categories of tax collections are experiencing absolute declines...

Each major sport -- baseball, football, basketball, and hockey -- has a Hall of Fame. It's time that we consider creating an Infamy Hall of Shame. The Pollard case and its last-minute injection into the bargaining process at the Wye River peace talks brings infamy front and center...

"The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics." -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt It has been nearly 60 years since Franklin Roosevelt addressed a large group of Florida Democrats who were astounded when one of this century's premier politicians uttered the above words. Some party members in the group were so taken aback that they wondered, as silently as possible, whether FDR had taken leave of his senses...

NO WONDER our U.S. senators, Ashcroft and Bond, don't want campaign finance reform. Ashcroft got $1,156,227 from PACs. Bond got $1,487,152 from PACs. He helped lead the filibuster against the campaign finance reform in the Senate as I understand it. And of course Jo Ann Emerson received $336,554 from PACs. Our people seem to be against campaign finance reform. Wonder why...

Coping with crisis and grief can be difficult for anyone, so Centenary United Methodist Church is offering some support to those in need. The grief support group is an 11-session program beginning Tuesday at the church. It will be held weekly from 7-8:30 p.m. and deals with anger, depression and guilt as well as developing coping skills for these emotions...

To the editor: Once again the vigilantes of death have struck at the hearts and souls of this nation. All legitimate pro-life individuals and organizations grieve the loss of Dr. Slepian, who was gunned down in his own home and in front of his family. ...

Odie Lingle and Bradley Mouser have announced that another associate has joined them to provide comprehensive financial, tax and accounting services. Patti Junk has joined them at the H&R Block Office at 510 West Main in Jackson. She is an EA, a financial adviser and holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting. ...

PULASKI, Ill. -- Pulaski County will have a new sheriff, and a new place for the sheriff to work this year. The sheriff's department is in the process of moving from the Pulaski County Courthouse in Mound City, to the new Tri-County Criminal Justice Center, a new private prison near Ullin, located near the intersection of Interstate 57 and the Ullin Exit...

Well, the meteor shower last month was a total dud. I was fortunate to be in the mountains near Flagstaff, Ariz., on the Oct. 8 and observed for over 45 minutes and only saw three faint meteors. I told you weather forecasting was easier. This fall has certainly been the season of transient phenomena centered mostly on possible high levels of meteor activity...

The Patton Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting their annual Pig Roast Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the firehouse in Patton. From 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., they will be serving roasted pork and fried chicken along with a variety of side dishes and homemade pies and desserts...

"How would you know at the time," a writer famously asked some decades back, "whether you were living in a Dark Age?" One answer: There would be rock stars such as the execrable Marilyn Manson selling lots of CDs and playing to packed houses of teen-age children. Manson played St. Louis this week...

It's a bit difficult to take a plague of ladybugs seriously but not for people whose houses have become infested in recent days. The Perryville office of the University of Missouri Extension Service took 14 calls Tuesday morning from people wondering what to do about the ladybugs invading their houses...

Southeast Missouri State University president Dale Nitzschke presented the Friend of the University Award to B.W. Harrison Saturday morning at the Show Me Center. Southeast Missouri State University celebrated Homecoming 1998 with a parade, a football game and a salute to an angel...

Things got a little warm for the tin man. The tiny Pekingese dog appeared to be getting use its antlers. The Grim Reaper came in many disguises. There was Darth Vader, a princess, a ghost and some western wranglers. 'Twas the night of Halloween, and whether you were at West Park Mall's annual trick-or-trick spectacular, Lynwood Baptist Church's annual fall festival at the Osage Community Center, the annual Community Harvest at West Side Church of God, or a number of other special "Spooktacular" events, youngster and adults alike were having fun.. ...

Grant Lund sat alone with his paints and brushes on the cold concrete of an isolated entryway to the university's science building. Occasionally a student or faculty member would stop by, watch him paint and move on. The commissioned mural Lund is painting on the wall at Rhodes Hall of Science is a chance for him to bring together the worlds of art and science. If the weather cooperates, Lund should complete the first stage of mural this week...

Halloween and Campaign 1998 have a lot in common. Both have people that are difficult to unmask. For many Missouri voters, this election campaign has been downright murky. Of course, that may be due in large part to the U.S. Senate race where the political mud has covered the candidates to the point that we hardly recognize them or what passes for an election anymore...

A couple of inches is all that separated Southeast Missouri State University's football team from a potential homecoming victory Saturday afternoon. Corey Williams -- who rushed for a career-high 185 yards -- was stopped just short of the goal line on a two-point conversion try with a little more than four minutes left in the fourth quarter...

Their backs were planted firmly against the wall, but the Woodland Cardinals had historical precedent on their side in their sectional final against South Pemiscot Saturday at Notre Dame High School. In a comeback nearly identical to the Lady Cardinals' win over South Pemiscot in 1994, Woodland fought back from a 14-8 third-game deficit to win the Class 2A, Sectional 1 volleyball title 9-15, 15-5, 17-15...

The high school football season is fast coming to a close, with just one regular-season game left. For most of the area teams, that last contest will mark the end of their seasons. But for a select few, the playoffs will loom on the horizon. Who's playoff bound from the immediate area?...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University's volleyball team had little trouble in picking up an Ohio Valley Conference victory here Saturday. The Otahkians improved to 18-8 overall and 10-3 in OVC play as they rolled past host Middle Tennessee State 15-5, 15-4, 15-10...

Notre Dame left little doubt it would be playing for the championship game of the Missouri Class 1A-3A, District 1 Tournament by soundly defeating Lutheran South 4-0 in soccer action Saturday at the old Notre Dame High School field. Notre Dame, seeded third, completed a decisive day of soccer as top-seeded St. Pius thumped No. 4 Windsor 5-0...

ST. LOUIS -- As Cape Girardeau Central High coach Mark Hahn put it, Saturday was "an orange-letter day for Cape Central cross country." Central's girls team qualified for the Class 4A state meet for the first time by placing fourth in the Sectional 1 meet at Queeny Park. And freshman Brittany Ballard, fresh off a district championship, placed third, one spot ahead of the defending state champion, Sarah Haskins...

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University senior Janelle Quigley outraced her closest competitor by 21 seconds in winning the individual title Saturday in the Ohio Valley Conference Cross Country Championships. Eastern Kentucky totaled 32 points and won the race. The Otahkians placed second with 57 points...

Corey Williams felt like he didn't do enough to help Southeast Missouri State University's football Indians Saturday -- but his numbers indicate otherwise. Williams, a 5-foot-11, 215-pound senior tailback, rushed for a career-high 185 yards on 23 carries and scored his Ohio Valley Conference-leading 11th touchdown of the season...

Perryville and St. Vincent already have qualified for quarterfinals, but going into the last week of district play, several area football districts are undecided. Perryville (8-1) advances by virtue of its head-to-head wins over Hillsboro and Windsor, both 1-1 in Class 4A District 2. Even if the Pirates lose to DeSoto Friday, an unlikely scenario considering DeSoto's 0-2 district and 0-9 overall mark, they cannot lose...

Knowing what's important to quail can help numbers grow as well as aid hunting. You are working your dogs through quail country. You have practiced your shooting so that you know how much to lead the birds when they are flushed. The equipment you have chosen is excellent from the briar resistant pants to the type of shells you purchased. And yet for all of this preparation and experience there is one skill for quail hunting that is lacking in many hunters, thinking like a quail...

Tryouts will be held for Metro FC select boys soccer teams in Edwardsville, Ill., Nov. 7-15. Age divisions are 15-and-under, 16-and-under and 17-and-under. For more information, call Dale Schilly at (618)667-8333.

The annual Club Championship Open Turkey Day Tennis Tournament will be held Nov. 21-22 at Universal Health & Fitness Center in Cape Girardeau. Cost for the tournament is $20 for the first event and $10 for each event thereafter. Food will be provided. Entry deadline is Nov. 18 and all who register before Nov. 16 receive a tournament shirt...

Domino's Pizza and Super Video, along with the Jackson Parks & Recreation Department, are sponsoring a Points for Pizzas basketball shooting contest. The event will take place Nov. 21 at First General Baptist Church in Jackson. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., with the contest set for 10 a.m. The entry fee is $1...

MOREHOUSE -- Ollie E. Bryant, 89, of Morehouse died Friday, Oct. 30, 1998, at the Minor Nursing Center in Sikeston. She was born July 10, 1909, at Clarksville, Tenn., daughter of Matthew Archie and Artie Mae Welker St. John. She had been a resident of Morehouse since 1925...

EAST PRAIRIE -- William T. Birkhead, 88, of East Prairie, died Friday, Oct. 30, 1998, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born April 6, 1910, in Poplar Bluff, son of Frank Washington and Rossetta Shirley Birkhead. He had lived in East Prairie since 1990 and attended the Nelson United Methodist Church. ...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Lindell Lingle, 63, of Jonesboro, died Friday, Oct. 30, 1998, at the Jonesboro Healthcare Center. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis of Jonesboro; his mother, Martha Brimm Gordan of Anna; two sons, Lindell "Buddy" Lingle of Dongola, and Brett Lingle of Clarksville, Tenn.; a daughter, Kim Kelley of Anna; a brother, Ronnie Lingle of Whittington, Ill.; a sister, Betty Poole of Anna; and four grandchildren...

ADVANCE -- Mary "Lucille" Tippett, 78, of Buckeye, Ariz., formerly of Advance, died Friday, Oct. 30, 1998, in Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 11, 1920, near Advance, daughter of George and Bertie Pohlman. She married Merrill Tippett Nov. 25, 1948, at Corning, Ark. He died April 21, 1992...

Vera Gusta Anderson Jackson, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 2, 1902, at Jackson, daughter of William Grant Anderson and Nannie Hansel Anderson. She married Horace Leo Jackson Aug. 17, 1923. He died July 28, 1982...

DEXTER -- Marie A. Adams, 91, of the Wappapello community, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998, at Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico. She was born Sept. 30, 1907, at Decatur, Ill., daughter of Fredrick and Mary Bredlow Zerfowski. She married William Adams at Decatur on Aug. 25, 1928...

PERRYVILLE -- Mary Corine Jannin McLain, 92, of Perryville, died Friday, Oct. 30, 1998, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born May 11, 1906, daughter of Marcellus and Mary Louise Siefert Jannin. On Oct. 20, 1925, she married Paul J. McLain. He died Nov. 10, 1997...

Jean Bell Mosley's new autobiography, "For Most of the Century," is only available in serialized form in the Southeast Missourian. Return each week for her continuing story. Son Stephen sat beside my hospital bed as waves of pain radiated out from my chest, down my arms and into all other avenues connected with a heart attack. ...